English
Pronunciation
enPR|wÄ“v, IPA|/wiËv/
audio|en-us-weave.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|iËv
Homophones
we've|we’ve
Etymology 1
OE. wefan. Cognate with Dutch weven, German weben, Swedish väva.
Verb
en-verb|weaves|weaving|wove|woven
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
#: This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
#: Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
Translations
trans-top|to weave
Albanian: end
Catalan: teixir
Chinese: 編織, 编织
Croatian: tkati
Czech: tkát
Danish: væve
Dutch: weven
Esperanto: teksi
Finnish: kutoa
French: tisser
German: weben (1, 2)
Greek: υφάνει
Hungarian: sző
Indonesian: anyam|menganyam, jalin|menjalin
Interlingua: texer
Italian: tessere
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Japanese: 編む (ã‚ã‚€, amu)
Norwegian: veve
Portuguese: tecer
Russian: ÑплеÑти (splesti)
Slovene: plesti
Spanish: tejer
Telugu: à°…à°²à±à°²à± (allu), నేయౠ(naeyu)
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Noun
en-noun
- ÂA type or way of weaving.
#: That rug has a very tight weave.
Translations
trans-top|a type or way of weaving
Chinese: 織法, 织法
Dutch: weefsel n
French: armure f
German: Webart f
Greek: Ïφανση f
Italian: tessuto m
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Kurdish: KUchar|چنین
Spanish: armadura
Telugu: à°…à°²à±à°²à°¿à°• (allika), నేత (naeta)
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Etymology 2
Probably from ON. veifa ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin vibrare.
Verb
en-verb|weaves|weaving|wove|woven
- To make or move by turning and twisting.
#: The ambulance had to weave its way through traffic to reach the accident.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
#: The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
Translations
trans-top|to weave
French: se faufiler, se frayer un chemin
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Slovene: vijugati
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
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